MULTI-DISCIPLINARY NEW MEDIA ARTIST
BIOGRAPHY
Fion Liu is a Canadian born multi-disciplinary new media artist raised in Hong Kong; currently residing in Toronto. Their work focuses on themes of duality, mortality, abjection, and alter-ego. They are recognized for their black and white line-work designs and morbid humour; working in a variety of mediums including analogue recycled electronics, ink illustration, performance/installation, video, website and app design.
They are known for tattooing touring musicians under the alias SADSTAB.
PRESS
SARAH'S HOTSPOT, 2021
"Interview: Sadstab"
https://www.sarahshotspot.com/post/interview-sadstab
THIS BROKEN MIXTAPE, 2021
"S6E10 - SADSTAB"
http://www.thisbrokenmixtape.com/archive/s6e10-sadstab
EXCLAIM!, 2020
"Meet Sadstab, Your Favourite Band's Favourite Tattoo Artist"
https://exclaim.ca/music/article/meet_sadstab_your_favourite_bands_favourite_tattoo_artist
RARE CANDY, 2019
"Palehound interview"
http://www.rarecandy.org/interviews-2/2019/9/30/palehound
MELTED, 2018
"AN INTERVIEW WITH SADSTAB"
https://www.meltedmagazine.com/blog/2018/9/22/an-interview-with-sadstab
EXCLAIM!, 2018
"PUP's Stefan Babcock Confronts Cactus Fears in Final Chapter of 'Cactuses'"
THE MCGILL TRIBUNE, 2017
"Stick n’ poke tattoo culture spreads across Montreal"
"RTA stick ‘n’ poke artist stabbing her way into the industry"
http://ryersonian.ca/rta-stick-n-poke-artist-stabbing-her-way-into-the-industry/
RYERSON FOLIO, 2017
"New media students unite the worlds of fine art and technology at META2017 "
http://ryersonfolio.com/new-media-students-unite-worlds-fine-art-technology-meta2017/